Young adults and alcohol
Past project
The young adults and alcohol study is a prospective cohort study of 800 young risky drinkers recruited in Melbourne in 2012 through computer-assisted telephone interviewing.
Approach
The cohort were followed up in 2013 and again in 2015 with some recruited into the MIDY study at that time.
Key findings highlight how most consumption occurred in private residences and that event-level characteristics such as the number of drinking venues visited were associated with increased consumption, whereas personal characteristics such as income levels were not.
Timeline
2011–2017.
Publications
27 Mar 2017
Correlates of alcohol consumption on heavy drinking occasions of young risky drinkers: event versus personal characteristics
Addiction
Paul Dietze et al
Open access
14 Mar 2014
The big night out: What happens on the most recent heavy drinking occasion among young V ictorian risky drinkers?
Drug and Alcohol Review
Paul Dietze et al
Project contacts
Main contact
Professor Paul Dietze
Program Director, Disease Elimination; Professor and Program Leader, National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
Project team
Associate Professor Paul Agius
Honorary Principal Research Fellow
Associate Professor Megan SC Lim
Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination; Head, Young People’s Health
Professor Paul Dietze
Program Director, Disease Elimination; Professor and Program Leader, National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
Associate Professor Michael Livingston
Associate Professor of Alcohol Policy and Strategies
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
Professor Robin Room
Distinguished Professor
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
Dr Sarah Callinan
Principal Research Fellow
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University